Hill v. Butterworth, 97-2192
| Decision Date | 30 July 1998 |
| Docket Number | No. 97-2192,97-2192 |
| Citation | 147 F.3d 1333 |
| Parties | 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 1646 Clarence E. HILL, of himself as an individual and on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert A. BUTTERWORTH, Attorney General for the State of Florida and Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Defendants-Appellants. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit |
Richard B. Martell, Chief, Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Capital Appeals, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.
Martin James McClain, Stephen M. Kissinger, Gregory C. Smith, Collateral Representatives, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (No. 4:96-CV-288-MMP); Maurice M. Paul, Judge.
Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, and FAY and FARRIS *, Senior Circuit Judges. Petition for Rehearing.
In light of Calderon v. Ashmus, --- U.S. ----, 118 S.Ct. 1694, 140 L.Ed.2d 970 (1998), we grant Florida's petition for rehearing, vacate our previous opinion, Hill v. Butterworth, 133 F.3d 783 (11th Cir.1997), reverse the judgment of the district court, and remand the case with instructions to dissolve the injunction and dismiss the complaint for want of a justiciable case or controversy. See Hill, 133 F.3d at 785 n. 7 (). **
REVERSED and REMANDED.
* Honorable Jerome Farris, Senior U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.
** Florida's motion to stay is denied as moot.
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